Maddox v. Central of Georgia Ry. Co.

1. Misnomers in civil suits may, on motion, be corrected by amendment. Civil Code, $ 5102. .

(а) Therefore, where the petition in a suit for a tort alleged the Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia to be a corporation existing under the laws of this State, and that it had, by negligently running its cars, damaged 'the petitioner in a named sum, and prayed process against it, which was issued accordingly, but was served upon the agent of the Central of Georgia Railway Company, and where counsel for the latter company admitted in open court that, at the time the suit was filed and…